Canada's Finance Minister Jim Flaherty listens to a question during a news conference in Ottawa March 1, 2013. The slowing Canadian economy means the government will have lower revenues than it initially forecast as it draws up the next budget, which is due soon, Flaherty said on Friday. (CHRIS WATTIE/REUTERS)

Canada's Finance Minister Jim Flaherty listens to a question during a news conference in Ottawa March 1, 2013. The slowing Canadian economy means the government will have lower revenues than it initially forecast as it draws up the next budget, which is due soon, Flaherty said on Friday.(CHRIS WATTIE/REUTERS)